| Naoki Matoba | |
| Position: | Catcher / Coach |
| Team: | Tohoku Rakuten Golden Eagles |
| Number: | 82 |
| Birth Date: | 9 May 1977 |
| Birth Place: | Sumiyoshi-ku, Osaka, Japan |
| Bats: | Right |
| Throws: | Right |
| Debutleague: | NPB |
| Debutdate: | April 30 |
| Debutyear: | 2000 |
| Debutteam: | Fukuoka Daiei Hawks |
| Finalleague: | NPB |
| Finaldate: | October 1 |
| Finalyear: | 2011 |
| Finalteam: | Chiba Lotte Marines |
| Statleague: | NPB |
| Stat1label: | Batting average |
| Stat1value: | .161 |
| Stat2label: | Home runs |
| Stat2value: | 5 |
| Stat3label: | Runs batted in |
| Stat3value: | 42 |
| Teams: | As player
As coach
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, nicknamed "Matton",[1] is a Japanese former professional baseball catcher in Japan's Nippon Professional Baseball. He played for the Fukuoka Daiei Hawks/Fukuoka SoftBank Hawks in 2000, and from 2003 to 2008 and with the Chiba Lotte Marines in 2010 and 2011.
Matoba is an ordained priest within the Ōtani-ha branch of Shin Buddhism.